Stories that lift you higher.

Uplift Post began in 2019 as a two-person newsletter written after hours, in a small apartment with a very loud radiator and a very slow internet connection. The premise was simple: the world is full of people quietly doing remarkable things, and almost nobody is reporting on them. Five years later that newsletter has grown into a full editorial publication with correspondents on four continents, but the premise has not moved an inch.

We are not a "positive news" filter that skips the difficult parts. We are a newsroom that believes context is more useful than outrage, that nuance travels further than a hot take, and that a reader who finishes an article should feel better equipped, not merely better entertained. That means we spend weeks on a single story. It means we knock on doors, we read the studies, we call back the people who were hard to reach. It means we sometimes publish nothing at all.

Every piece we run passes through the same three questions. Who is this for? What does it change? Would we still stand behind it in five years? If a story fails any of them, it doesn't go out. We would rather publish twelve excellent stories a year than twelve hundred forgettable ones.

Uplift Post is reader funded and advertising free. We have no paywall, no sponsored content, no hidden partners. If you find value here, the newsletter is the best way to support what we do — and the best way to make sure you never miss the story that matters most to you.